The hearing had been postponed until Friday. There had to be a reason.
Was it to prepare for Student Council interviews?
Or did Horikita Manabu want to give Class 1-D a chance to catch its breath?
There was no way to know unless he asked Horikita Manabu himself.
After all, the Student Council had plenty to manage, and the uninhabited island special exam would begin soon.
Tatsuya Sakuya ran through the possibilities in his head.
For Class 1-D, though, this was undeniably good news. A few extra days to breathe were a huge relief.
"The hearing is scheduled for six o'clock Friday evening."
Akane Tachibana stood at the front of the classroom, holding a stack of freshly printed documents.
"Everyone involved must arrive on time. The president doesn't like people being late."
After delivering that brief notice, Akane Tachibana left without lingering. She still had to notify Class 1-C.
The moment she stepped out of the classroom...
"I'm... I'm alive..."
Kanji Ike, Ken Sudō's best friend, slumped across his desk in relief, as if he were the "victim" himself.
"Postponed until Friday. We've dodged the bullet for now."
Yamauchi Haruki wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"I thought our class points were about to go straight into the negatives!"
A wave of relief swept through the room.
But Ken Sudō, the person at the center of the storm, looked anything but happy.
Hirata Yousuke had brought back no real good news the day before. All he had done was keep reassuring Ken Sudō that they would find a way.
Ken Sudō was nothing like a criminal given a suspended death sentence. Those criminals could usually have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment and survive.
As things stood, his death knell had merely been delayed a few days.
"Postponing the